Linux creator Linus Torvalds says a discussion over removing support for i486 was triggered by something not directly related, but that just touched on a similar area.
A little more than 20 years ago, Intel faced a problem with its processors, though it was not as big an issue as compared to the speculative execution bugs that were revealed this week.
Intel used the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco to reveal forthcoming CPUs that will be of interest to gamers and other users who require maximum performance.